BlockBefore

Hooppole, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Yorktown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61258. The Survey maps it on the Hooppole quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.

Hooppole within Henry County

Population over time

2 figures

Hooppole fell from 204 to 180 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010204
2020180-24 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

1,109 words on this township

History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Yorktown Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Yorktown Township - 1,109 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hooppole in 2018, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2018F13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hooppole: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooppole in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Hooppole-A short lived EF1 tornado with estimated max winds around 100 impacted a farmstead in far northern Henry County Illinois, with max width around 50 yards. Damage was largely noted to a couple of farm outbuildings and some minor tree damage.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Spotter estimated winds to 60 mph or higher.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Hooppole-A video from the public showed a tornado crossing Route 78, northwest of Hooppole, IL. There was no damage reported. The tornado is rated EF-unknown.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHooppole-A member of the general public reported a snapped tree.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHooppole-A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 60 MPH using a handheld anemometer.
August 2020Funnel CloudHooppole-A funnel cloud was reported, including photos, from near Hooppole, Illinois.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindHooppole-A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 92 and East 2200 Street.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Several large oak trees were blown down, with more than 4 large cottonwood trees blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Significant tree damage to lots of trees near the Highway 92 and E 220th Street intersection.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Widespread tree damage, including uprooted trees around the town of Hooppole and a 5 mile radius around town. An agricultural system 1 mile west of town was damaged.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Power lines reported blown down.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Hooppole-Tornado was rated EF-1 with peak winds 95 mph, a path length of 2.06 miles and max path width of 50 yards. Damage was mainly to large branches and a few uprooted trees and snapped trunks. Damage was noted to one out building with partial removal of its roof.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHooppole-A 5 inch diameter tree branch was blown down on top of a house.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHooppole-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a tree across the road near the intersection of Highway 92 and the Atkinson road or about 6 miles west northwest of Hooppole, IL around 325 pm CDT August 25. This report was relayed by the 911 call center.
April 2023HailHooppole-no account filed
June 2018HailHooppole-no account filed
April 1998Tornado (F0)Hooppole-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Aliceville2.6 miles11
Kedron (historical)4.1 miles10
Annawan8.6 miles10
Atkinson8.9 miles11
Geneseo13.9 miles11
Shady Beach15.3 miles14
Brandenburg Corners16.9 miles10
German Corner17.0 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HooppoleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2148923The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 410495. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.